steeplebush

[ stee-puhl-boosh ]

noun
  1. the hardhack.

Origin of steeplebush

1
1810–20, Americanism;steeple + bush1; so called because of its steeplelike blossom shoots

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British Dictionary definitions for steeplebush

steeplebush

/ (ˈstiːpəlˌbʊʃ) /


noun
  1. another name for hardhack

Origin of steeplebush

1
C19: so called because of the shape of its flower clusters

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